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Synod Day 3: Speaking to young people, not about them

06/10/2018

  • “Today, there are many people who speak about the young, but few who speak to them.” These words of Paul VI were echoed during the fourth general congregation of the Synod of Bishops, which took place Wednesday morning.

    The theme of listening was an important part of the morning assembly. The Synod Fathers heard of the need to listen to young people in the digital world, where an overabundance of information corresponds to a dearth of dreams, with the risk of creating “info-obese” children…

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St Rita Priory Site Project

A report by the Church Environment Commission

05/10/2018

  • Following a request by Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna, the Kummissjoni Interdjoċesana Ambjent (KA) has formed an opinion on development application PA10598/17 for a development on St Rita Priory site, Paceville. The proposed development is for a 12-storey four-star accommodation building and office complex, with a language school and offices at basement level, and a further five basement levels for 246 underground parking spaces…

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New attraction at the Archbishop’s Palace for Notte Bianca 2018

05/10/2018


  • Wara proġett ta’ restawr u konservazzjoni, il‑pittura tal‑Isqof Pawlu Alpheran de Bussan tal‑artist Francesco Zahra tinsab lura fil‑Palazz tal‑Arċisqof, il‑Belt Valletta. Il‑kwadru, li reġa’ sab postu fis‑Sala tat‑Tron, jista’ jiġi apprezzat mill‑pubbliku nhar is‑Sibt li ġej, 6 ta’ Ottubru, waqt is‑serata tan‑Notte Bianca.

    L‑istudji u x‑xogħol ta’ restawr u konservazzjoni saru bejn Awwissu u Diċembru 2017 mid‑ditta Atelier del Restauro, taħt it‑tmexxija ta’ Valentina Lupo u Maria Grazia Zenzani…

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European Justice and Peace Commissions unite in call to protect water

04/10/2018

  • The Conference of European Justice and Peace Commissions is promoting care for creation as part of its international workshop and general assembly meeting. The topic of the meeting is “Water: Source of Life Human right and Responsibility for Europe.” This marks the first time that European Justice and Peace leadership has dedicated its meeting to the topic of water.

    Top Catholic leaders from around the continent were present together with public authorities and experts…

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Pope to Synod Fathers: Don’t allow past mistakes crush your dreams and hopes

03/10/2018

  • Speaking during his homily at an open-air Mass in St. Peter’s Square that inaugurated the 3-week Synod on “Young People, the Faith and Vocational Discernment”, Pope Francis called on his brother bishops to heed the voices of young people in the effort to build a better world than that of their elders.  

    He expressed his confidence in the new generations that, he said, “are capable of prophesy and vision” and prayed that the Holy Spirit may grant synodal Fathers the grace of being anointed with the youthful “gift of dreaming and of hoping.”

    Bishops from across the world, including China

    It is with an attitude of docile listening to the voice of the Spirit, he said, that “we have gathered from all parts of the world”…

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A new Commission for Doctrine within the Maltese Episcopal Conference

03/10/2018

  • L‑Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna waqqaf il‑Kummissjoni Dottrinali fi ħdan il‑Konferenza Episkopali Maltija, u ħatar lil Mons. Hector Scerri bħala president ta’ din il‑kummissjoni għal perjodu ta’ tliet snin.

    Il‑Kummissjoni Dottrinali ser tagħti l‑kontribut tagħha f’dak li għandu x’jaqsam ma’ kwistjonijiet marbuta mal‑fidi u l‑moralità Nisranija, u twassal ir‑riflessjoni tagħha lill‑Isqfijiet. Bil‑pariri tagħha, il‑Kummissjoni Dottrinali ser tgħin ukoll lill‑Konferenza Episkopali fit‑tħejjija ta’ dokumenti li jgħinu lill‑poplu f’Malta u Għawdex fuq diversi aspetti tal‑fidi Nisranija…

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Various social activities organised for all residents at Church homes

03/10/2018

  • Holy Family Home residents attending the Green Festival in Valletta

     

  • An event was held at Dar tal-Kleru for all the residents residing within the five Church Homes for the Elderly within the Archdiocese of Malta, namely Casa Leone (St Julian’s), Holy Family Home (in-Naxxar), Dar Saura (ir-Rabat), Dar Sant’Anna (Senglea) and Dar tal-Kleru (B’Kara)…

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Archbishop Scicluna attends the Bishops’ Synod on youth

02/10/2018

  • L‑Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna llum ħalla Malta għal Ruma biex jieħu sehem fil‑15‑il Assemblea Ġenerali Ordinarja tas‑Sinodu tal‑Isqfijiet fil‑Vatikan, bit‑tema ‘Iż‑Żgħażagħ, il‑Fidi u d‑Dixxerniment Vokazzjonali’. Is‑Sinodu ser jibda għada l‑Erbgħa, 3 ta’ Ottubru u jintemm il‑Ħadd, 28 ta’ Ottubru 2018.

    Għal dan is‑Sinodu li sejjaħ il‑Papa Franġisku ser jattendu 165 isqof, kif ukoll numru ta’ żgħażagħ minn madwar id‑dinja li flimkien ser jiddiskutu kif il‑Knisja twassal il‑messaġġ tagħha lill‑ġenerazzjoni żagħżugħa, u kif iż‑żgħażagħ stess jistgħu jwasslu l‑Bxara t‑Tajba tal‑Evanġelju…

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Networks, not division: The theme for Communications Day 2019

02/10/2018

  • Christians must do more to make sure the media, especially social networks, are places of dialogue and respect for others, rather than instruments for highlighting differences and increasing divisions, said the prefect of the Vatican communications office.

    “The risk in our time is that of forming tribes instead of communities – tribes based on the exclusion of the other,” said Paolo Ruffini, the new prefect of the Dicastery for Communication…

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